Improvement in rubber mats for pitchers



C. A. PRICE. Rubber Mats for Pitchers, 810.

No, 145,815. Patented Dec .23J873.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFIG'E.

I CORNELIUS A. PRICE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUBBER MATS FOR PITCHERS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,8 15, datedDecember 23, 18,73; application filed September 27, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS A. PRICE, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in Rubber Mat for Pitchers and Tumblers, of which thefollowing is a specification Figure l is a top view of my improved mat.Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, taken through the line a: m, Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved rubber mat for anice-pitcher and tumblers to stand upon, and which shall be soconstructed as to catch and hold the drip from said pitcher andtumblers. The invention consists in a tumbler attachment for rubberpitcher-mats, formed upon one or more sides of said mats to receive thetumblers, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the part of the mat upon which the pitcher is to stand, and which Iprefer to make circular in form. B is the part of the mat upon which thetumblers are to stand, which is made in the form of a side attachment orpart, of such a width that the tumblers may stand upon it, and whichextends partially or wholly around said pitcher-mat A, and may be 0011-tinuons or upon different sides of said mat A.

The lower surface of the mat A B is made flat and smooth, so as to restfirmly upon the table. The upper surface of the two parts AB is ribbedwith cross-ribs, which are made of such a height as to form deep squareor diamond-shaped depressions over the entire surface of said parts, toreceive the drip. The surface of the two parts A B is separated by arib, C, which is a continuation of the outer edge of the said part A,and which rises above the surface of said parts, as shown in Fig. 2, soas to prevent the pitcher from being pushed upon the part B and againstthe tumblers.

The parts A B may be made rectangular, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As an article of manufacture, a rubber mat forpitchers, 850., formed of the parts A and B, separated by a semicircularraised rib, C, as shown and described.

CORNELIUS A. PRICE.

XVitnesse-s JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER.

